Re:Last Chance for Google I/O tickets
by gorilla123 on Tuesday March 08, 2011 @04:36PM
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US only? The people who need tickets the most are the people in non-US timezones who were sleeping during the hour registration was open.
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Cry me a river. I was awake at my desktop trying to register during that hour and I still couldn't get in.
I was on a meeting when the registration opened and, by the time I got back to my desk, all tickets were gone.
Either Google finds a larger venue or stops giving expensive gifts.
OTOH, I'd be perfectly fine with a GoogleIO podcast with the presentations. I seriously doubt many attendees would complain if Google decided to stream the presentations live.
Just wait. After the swag is handed out to a bunch of goofballs recruited by an ebay reseller who bought all the tickets with a bot, the whole place will empty out and they'll have to give out free passes to anyone with a google apps account or something like that.
Unfortunately for me, that would involve about two days on planes, airports, customs, immigration...
I seriously doubt many attendees would complain if Google decided to stream the presentations live.
Having gone last year, I was disappointed that they scheduled some talks in rooms that were way too small and I got turned away at the door on more than one occasion (for example the room for the startup panel with PG et al was packed to fire code capacity). I would've been very happy to watch the simulcast on my laptop in the lobby!
I barely made it in to the startup panel and it was so full I was about to leave, but Jessica Livingston made space for me in the back corner and I watched the whole thing standing sideways and trying not to block the guy behind me. It was a good discussion and totally worth the leg cramps. Hope you make it this year. And thanks, Jessica!